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; Duplicates
; Duplicates
: List of bugs that have been marked a duplicate of the bug currently being viewed.
: List of bugs that have been marked a duplicate of the bug currently being viewed.
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; Hardware
: This is the hardware platform against which the bug was reported.
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; Importance
: The importance of a bug is described as the combination of its Priority and Severity.
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; Keywords
; Keywords
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; OS
; OS
: This is the operating system against which the bug was reported.=
: This is the operating system against which the bug was reported.
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; Platform
: This is the hardware platform against which the bug was reported (ARM, ARM64, x86, x86_64, etc).
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; Priority
; Priority
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Priority !! Description
|-
| '''--''' || No decision
|-
| '''P1''' || Fix in the current release cycle
|-
| '''P2''' || Fix in the next release cycle or the following (nightly + 1 or nightly + 2)
|-
| '''P3''' || Backlog
|-
| '''P4''' || Do not use. This priority is for the Web Platform Test bot.
|-
| '''P5''' || Will not fix, but will accept a patch
|}
: This field describes the importance and order in which a bug should be fixed compared to other bugs. This field is utilized by the programmers/engineers/release managers/managers to prioritize the work to be done. See the Firefox [https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/bug-mgmt/policies/triage-bugzilla.html triage documentation] and [https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/bug-mgmt/guides/priority.html priority definitions], or for the main Bugzilla project, [[Bugzilla:Priority_System]].
: This field describes the importance and order in which a bug should be fixed compared to other bugs. This field is utilized by the programmers/engineers/release managers/managers to prioritize the work to be done. See the Firefox [https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/bug-mgmt/policies/triage-bugzilla.html triage documentation] and [https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/bug-mgmt/guides/priority.html priority definitions], or for the main Bugzilla project, [[Bugzilla:Priority_System]].
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: This field describes the impact of a bug. This field is utilized by the programmers/engineers/release managers/managers to determine the severity of issues and used as input for the priority of the bug. It should not be set by people filing bugs. See the Firefox [https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/bug-mgmt/policies/triage-bugzilla.html triage documentation] and [https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/bug-mgmt/guides/severity.html severity documentation].
: This field describes the impact of a bug. This field is utilized by the programmers/engineers/release managers/managers to determine the severity of issues and used as input for the priority of the bug. It should not be set by people filing bugs. See the Firefox [https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/bug-mgmt/policies/triage-bugzilla.html triage documentation] and [https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/bug-mgmt/guides/severity.html severity documentation].
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Severity !! Description
|-
  |'''--'''
  |'''--'''
  |Default value for new bugs; bug triagers for components (ie engineers and other core project folks) are expected to update the bug's severity from this value. To avoid them missing new bugs for triage, do not alter this default when filing bugs.
  |Default value for new bugs; bug triagers for components (ie engineers and other core project folks) are expected to update the bug's severity from this value. To avoid them missing new bugs for triage, do not alter this default when filing bugs.
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  |-
  |-
  |'''S2'''
  |'''S2'''
  |(Serious) Major functionality/product severely impaired and a satisfactory workaround does not exist
  |(Serious) Major functionality/product severely impaired or a high impact issue and a satisfactory workaround does not exist
  |-
  |-
  |'''S3'''
  |'''S3'''
  |(Normal) Blocks non-critical functionality and a work around exists
  |(Normal) Blocks non-critical functionality or a work around exists
  |-
  |-
  |'''S4'''
  |'''S4'''
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: This field describes the [https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/bug-mgmt/guides/bug-types.html type of a bug].
: This field describes the [https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/bug-mgmt/guides/bug-types.html type of a bug].
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Type !! Description
  |-
  |-
  |'''defect'''
  |'''defect'''
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